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We don’t have a strong sense of country as we pretend to – Senyo Hosi

636  Convener of the Individual Bondholders Forum, Senyo Hosi, has called on Ghanaians to be more patriotic and selfless towards national issues. Speaking in relation to the government’s domestic debt exchange programme and the consequent pushback it suffered from primarily middle class individuals in the country, he noted that the unionizing of the middle class […]

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Govt swaps over GH₵‎82bn bonds for new ones under DDEP

1,921  The Ministry of Finance has revealed that it has successfully swapped GH₵‎82,994,510,128 worth of old bonds from a possible GH₵‎ 97,749,624,691 under the domestic debt exchange programme. The amount represents an 84.91% success rate exceeding the Finance Ministry’s intended target of an 80 percent participation rate. Meanwhile, the government has extended the settlement date […]

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MTN-GHANA Holds “Save A Life “Blood Donation Exercise

863  Students from three Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Kumasi Metropolis, namely, Osei Kyeretwie, Kumasi Girls and Kumasi Secondary Technical Senior High Schools on Tuesday donated blood to the Komfo Anokye Medicine and Transfusion Unit. The event which is christened ‘‘Save A life’’ blood donation exercise and falls on Valentine’s day is an initiative […]

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Bawumia is the ‘chief architect of our present economic woes’ – Sammy Gyamfi

690  The spokesperson of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, has blamed the country’s economic misfortunes on the leadership of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. According to him, the Veep is the ‘chief architect of Ghana’s economic woes’. Sammy Gyamfi said this in reaction to excerpts from a video which shows the senior minister, […]

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‘I don’t have time for things like Gabby Otchere-Darko, he is a disturbance’ – Sophia Akuffo

580  Former Chief Justice Sophia Akufo has fired back at the President’s cousin, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, describing him as a “disturbance.” The former CJ who picketed the Finance Ministry again on Tuesday said she is busy with life and “I don’t have time for things like that. People like that are not important to me […]

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President Mahama’s Enviable Contribution To The Oil & Gas Sector Unmatched-John Jinapor

587  The attention of the Minority in Parliament has been drawn to a statement issued by the Ministry of Energy, which seeks to vilify former President John Dramani Mahama and denigrate his contribution to the upstream petroleum sub-sector of the Country. For a government that has supervised the worst era in Ghana’s oil and gas […]

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Tullow refers almost $300m tax dispute with GRA to International Arbitration

618  Tullow Oil Plc has announced that Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL) has filed requests for arbitration with the International Chamber of Commerce in London in respect of two disputed tax assessments received from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). In a notice to investors, the oil giant said the assessments relate to the disallowance of loan […]